The effect of a Housing First intervention on primary care retention among homeless individuals with mental illness

Adam Whisler; Naheed Dosani; Matthew J. To; Kristen O’Brien; Samantha Young; Stephen W. Hwang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0246859

Loading metrics

Open Access

Peer-reviewed

Research Article

The effect of a Housing First intervention on primary care retention among homeless individuals with mental illness

Adam Whisler,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
⨯
Naheed Dosani ,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: dosanin@smh.ca

Affiliations Inner City Health Associates, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Family & Community Medicine, St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Division of Palliative Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Division of Palliative Care, William Osler Health System, Brampton, Ontario, Canada
⨯
Matthew J. To,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1283-768X

⨯
Kristen O’Brien,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
⨯
Samantha Young,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
⨯
Stephen W. Hwang

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
⨯

The effect of a Housing First intervention on primary care retention among homeless individuals with mental illness

Adam Whisler,
Naheed Dosani,
Matthew J. To,
Kristen O’Brien,
Samantha Young,
Stephen W. Hwang

Published: February 11, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246859

Reader Comments (0)

Post a new comment on this article

Subject Areas
?

For more information about PLOS Subject Areas, click here.
We want your feedback. Do these Subject Areas make sense for this article? Click the target next to the incorrect Subject Area and let us know. Thanks for your help!

Primary care
Is the Subject Area "Primary care" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Housing
Is the Subject Area "Housing" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Charts
Is the Subject Area "Charts" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Mental health and psychiatry
Is the Subject Area "Mental health and psychiatry" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Physicians
Is the Subject Area "Physicians" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Schools
Is the Subject Area "Schools" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Critical care and emergency medicine
Is the Subject Area "Critical care and emergency medicine" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Language
Is the Subject Area "Language" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.